ATTITUDINAL EFFECTS OF STRUCTURED DISCUSSIONS AND RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN YOUNG CRIMINAL OFFENDERS AND UNDERGRADUATE VOLUNTEERS

• NCJ Number: 40690
• Journal: Journal of Community Psychology Volume: 5 Dated: (1977) Pages: 63-71
• Author(s): D A ANDREWS; J S WORMITH; D J KENNEDY; W J DAIGLE-ZINN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Clinical Psychology Publishing Co
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ASSOCIATION WITH CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS WILL INFLUENCE THE ATTITUDES OF PRISON INMATES ARE STUDIED AS A QUESTION OF GENERAL AND APPLIED INTEREST.

Abstract

POSITIVE EFFECTS ON OFFENDER ATTITUDES WERE EVIDENT FOLLOWING ASSOCIATION WITHIN A FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION CONDITION BUT NOT FOLLOWING GROUP RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION. CHANGES FOLLOWING RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION WERE NO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE EVIDENT WITHIN A ROUTINE INCARCERATION CONTROL CONDITION. THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP